Brit tourist, 24, missing in Costa Brava as Spanish cops launch major search with helicopters, drones and sniffer dogs

A MAJOR search is underway 24-year-old Brit believed to have vanished on Spain’s Costa Brava.

A maritime police unit and a helicopter – as well as sniffer dogs – have been deployed to support the operation.

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Lloret de Mar beach, Costa Brava seascape[/caption]

The hunt is focusing on the resort of Tossa de Mar north of Barcelona, which is where the missing man’s phone was last located.

A van believed to be his has been found at a scenic viewpoint close to steep cliffs near Tossa de Mar.

Regional Mossos d’Esquadra police launched their operation yesterday after the man’s family reported him missing in the UK.

The force then received an alert from Interpol.

The van, thought to have been abandoned some days ago, was found a few hours into the search which.

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